Senior Prizegiving - 2020

Tonight was an evening of celebration at our Senior Prizegiving.  Manaia ki te Rangi led the way with a another awesome performance. Throughout the night, awards were given to students from Year 5, Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 for academic and sporting achievements and each group to take the stage to show off their dance moves!

Check out some of the award winners from our Room 2 whanau:

Year 8s

Teu le vā Award - Sione and John

Best Effort Award- Jarreka

Citizenship Award- Nesi

Team 5 Spirit Award- Madison

Looking forward to 2021, we found out that FOUR students from Room 2 had been chosen to be school prefects -  a big pakipaki for Nina, Bradley, Kauri and Simon - we know you will each be amazing leaders next year!

Our night ended with a closing speech from our principal, Mr Burt and a karakia from Toby. 

Myths and Legends - An Aboriginal Story of Creation - JARREKA

 Find out more about a creation story from Aboriginal people of Australia from Jarreka

Today for Inquiry our main focus is all about an Australian myth based on a Blue-tongued lizard named Lungkata and his creation Uluru.

IN THE NEWS... Current Events with Jarreka, Simon and Caleb

Starting this week, we are going to take a look at different news items that took place locally (around Auckland), nationally (somewhere in Aotearoa/New Zealand) and internationally (everywhere else!). We want to build our knowledge of events that are happening outside our front door of where we live here in Glen Innes! 

Check out JARREKA's response to our first story about a critically ill black turtle that washed up on to a local Auckland beach.

Read SIMON's thoughts about how cotton was used to track down German wasps causing problems on the Chatham Islands.

Find out why CALEB was fascinated with an ancient coin.

3-D Lettering using isometric paper!

This week we brought maths and art together to create  3-D projections using isometric paper. 

Using specially marked paper, it is possible to use vertical lines and horizontal lines (at a 30 degree angle) to add height, width and depth to a shape. 

This week, Rm 2 students used their new skills to use an isometric alphabet to create their own name tags.

Check out the work of Jarreka, Nina, Sione, Isaiah, Kauri, Nevaeh,  Caleb and Valeli!

TAHA TINANA - Healthy Body - Play Mitimiti/Matimati - JARREKA

Jarreka has a new TAHA Challenge for us today to strengthen our TAHA TINANA to build a healthy body.

Challenge: Play the traditional Māori game, Matimati or Mitimiti with a buddy from your bubble

This game was used to train toa (warriors). It helped them to 'read' their enemies moves and evade and disguise their attacking moves.

See how quickly you can move your body so you don't get tapped! See if you can trick your partner to move in the wrong direction!

Level 1 - Tap your partner's shoulder

Level 2 - Tap your partner's shoulder or waist

Level 3 - Tap your partner's shoulder, waist or knees

Have a go at building your TAHA TINANA powers today playing Matimati (or Mitimiti).

Leave a comment below on our Room 2 Class Blog for Jarreka

TAHA WAIRUA - Healthy Spirit - Words with Meaning: PASCHAL & JARREKA

Paschal and Jarreka have a new TAHA Challenge to share today to help build our TAHA WAIRUA for a healthy spirit.

Challenge: Share a poem, prayer, bible verse or inspirational quote and explain why it is important to you.

Visit Jarreka's blog and leave a comment about her Cook Island translation of the Lord's Prayer.